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.^=:**§#@# = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = #@#§**:=^.
.^=:**§#@# = =  = = Elves Live In The  Land = = = = #@#§**:=^.
....^:*§§# = = = = Beyond The  Great Dam. =  = =  = #§§*:^....
.^=:**§##@ = It Was  Built In The  Late Sixties.  = @##§**:=^.
.^=:**§#@# = = = The Elves Came  To Us Then.  = = = #@#§**:=^.
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.^=:***§#@ = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = @#§***:=^.
.^=:**§### They  Were  Very  Manipulative,  And  We ###§**:=^.
......^:*§ Came To  Trust  Them. = = = = = = = = Us §*:^......
.^=:**§#@# Kids  Would Play Down  At The Water Even #@#§**:=^.
.^^^^:**§§ Though We Were Not Allowed.  = = = = = = §§**:^^^^.
......==*§ = = Sometimes  The  Sluice  Would  Close §*==......
.^=:**§§§§ Entirely,  And  The  River At  The  Dams §§§§**:=^.
...^^^^:*§ Foot Would  Dry Up,  Revealing The Rocky §*:^^^^...
.^=**§#@## Water   Garden   That  Had  Been  Hidden ##@#§**=^.
..^^==:*§@ Beneath, And We Would  Go There. = = = = @§*:==^^..
.^=:**§#@# = = =  = Before The  Dam  Opened  Again, #@#§**:=^.
.^=:**§#@# There  Would Be A Signal, But The  Elves #@#§**:=^.
.^^=::***§ Would Make Us  Not Hear It, And Suddenly §***::=^^.
.^=:***§§# We Would Find  The Water Rising, Already #§§***:=^.
.^=:***§§§ At Our Knees. = = =  = =  = = = = =  = = §§§***:=^.
.^=:**§§#@ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = @#§§**:=^.
.^^^^^=**# = By Then  The Elves  Would  Be Gone.  = #**=^^^^^.
.^=:**§#@# = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = #@#§**:=^.
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